Cultural Council’s Emerging Artist Prize Recipients Begin Residencies at the Norton Museum of Art

 

Posted by: Hannah Deadman-Arnst

June 25, 2025

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The program supports Palm Beach County-based artists as they grow their careers

 

LAKE WORTH BEACH, FL —Five Palm Beach County-based artists have begun their residencies at the Norton Museum of Art under the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s Emerging Artist Prize.

Part of the Council’s Year of Extraordinary Support, this new grant program enables creative professionals across disciplines to participate in a nine-month program—guiding them as they create business plans, focus on growing their businesses, and pursue exhibition, residency, and gallery opportunities. Recipients also gain access to group coaching and business training sessions, one-on-one mentoring, a $3,000 stipend for materials, and complimentary access to the Museum.

The five recipients are Laura Tanner of Boca Raton; Hodaya Louis of Loxahatchee; Kelvin Small of Jupiter; Jamie Rodriguez of West Palm Beach; and Sıtkı Doğan of Lake Worth Beach. Each artist will spend four weeks this summer working at the Norton’s Artist-in-Residence studio spaces in West Palm Beach:

About the Emerging Artist Prize Recipients

Tanner is an artist who works with interdisciplinary forms of storytelling, including drawing, printed catalogs, and film, while Louis is an interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, drawing, and video. Small is a fine art photographer and contemporary visual artist focused on navigating the realms of reality and surrealism. Rodriguez is a mixed media artist whose works are inspired by the historical significance of the landscape and the universality of the human condition and environment. Dogan is a muralist and artist with a passion for public art, specializing in trompe l’oeil (realistic optical illusions) and 3D chalk murals.

Selected through a highly competitive application process, the five recipients were chosen from a significant number of applicants by a committee of regional and national arts professionals. To learn more about the program and other artist grants, visit www.palmbeachculture.com/artist-grants.

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About the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County is the official support agency for arts and culture in The Palm Beaches, Florida’s Cultural Capital®. Headquartered in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. building in Downtown Lake Worth Beach, the Council presents exciting year-round exhibitions and performances featuring artists who live or work in Palm Beach County. The Council features spectacular work by Palm Beach County-based professional artisans in its Roe Green Uniquely Palm Beach Store and offers complimentary resources for visitors in its Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Information Center. The Council is open to the public during the summer Tuesdays through Fridays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information and a comprehensive calendar of cultural events in The Palm Beaches, visit palmbeachculture.com.

About the Norton Museum of Art
The Norton Museum of Art, Florida’s largest art museum, is home to a distinguished collection of art, with holdings in American, European, Contemporary and Chinese Art and Photography. Founded in 1941 by Ralph Hubbard Norton and his wife, Elizabeth Calhoun Norton, the Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits art, and engages visitors through exhibitions, events and live entertainment featuring local musicians and performance artists. Public programming is year-round and designed to inspire conversations and build community through the power of art. The Museum is accessible to all. The Museum’s expansion and renovation was led by London-based architecture firm Foster + Partners, adding a building and more than 12,000 square feet of new gallery space, an educational center, a store and restaurant, a sculpture garden, and a Great Hall, serving as the Museum’s “living room.” The campus is home to renovated, Museum-owned, 1920s-era cottages that house artists-in-residence. The Museum’s Artist-in-Residence program was made possible by the generosity of the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund/MLDauray Arts Initiative. Visit the Museum’s website at Norton.org or connect on Instagram and Facebook.

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